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Description:Excerpt from Memoir of William Crowninshield Endicott, Vol. 8 His sturdy and rugged reputation, by no means fading in the lapse of time, has dominated Salem and the County of Essex down to our own day, and constitutes one of the local treasures. If the portraits of the Governor which have come down to us are to be relied upon, Mr. Endicott in the eighth generation bore a marked resemblance in feature and bearing to this distinguished ancestor. It would have been an excellent thing both for Mr. Endicott and for the State, if he too in his day and generation could have been elected Governor of Massachusetts; and I cannot help thinking that the example and career of the early Governor, of which he must always have borne some impression, was an element in the moulding and development of those qualities which enabled him in after life to fill high office with success. The first Colonial Governor was not the only ancestor of whom he was justly proud. His lineage in all its strands can be traced back to all that was best in the early history of the Colony. The Crowninshields, the Derbys, the Gardners, the Williamses, the Putnams, and the Mannings, who had been among its prominent families from the seventeenth century, were of his line, and they had had much to do with the making of Salem and of the State. The Crowninshields and the Derbys in particular had a great part in the development of our early American commerce, when Salem ships, owned and navigated by them, penetrated to the remotest quarters of the globe, and made the little town a great commercial port and her name known the world over. They were pioneers of trade and commerce in the Far East, where they carried in honor, upon ships of their own building, the flag which has now, for a time only let us hope, practically disappeared from the ocean, and they brought home great cargoes which enriched themselves and the place of their residence. Mr. Endicott's maternal grandfather, Jacob Crowninshield, was a very conspicuous man, a prominent member of Congress, and was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Jefferson, who was a close personal friend, - an honor which he declined for what seems now, in these days of steam and electricity, the very singular reason "that he could not be absent all the year from his business and family." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoir of William Crowninshield Endicott, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Memoir of William Crowninshield Endicott, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Memoir of William Crowninshield Endicott, Vol. 8 His sturdy and rugged reputation, by no means fading in the lapse of time, has dominated Salem and the County of Essex down to our own day, and constitutes one of the local treasures. If the portraits of the Governor which have come down to us are to be relied upon, Mr. Endicott in the eighth generation bore a marked resemblance in feature and bearing to this distinguished ancestor. It would have been an excellent thing both for Mr. Endicott and for the State, if he too in his day and generation could have been elected Governor of Massachusetts; and I cannot help thinking that the example and career of the early Governor, of which he must always have borne some impression, was an element in the moulding and development of those qualities which enabled him in after life to fill high office with success. The first Colonial Governor was not the only ancestor of whom he was justly proud. His lineage in all its strands can be traced back to all that was best in the early history of the Colony. The Crowninshields, the Derbys, the Gardners, the Williamses, the Putnams, and the Mannings, who had been among its prominent families from the seventeenth century, were of his line, and they had had much to do with the making of Salem and of the State. The Crowninshields and the Derbys in particular had a great part in the development of our early American commerce, when Salem ships, owned and navigated by them, penetrated to the remotest quarters of the globe, and made the little town a great commercial port and her name known the world over. They were pioneers of trade and commerce in the Far East, where they carried in honor, upon ships of their own building, the flag which has now, for a time only let us hope, practically disappeared from the ocean, and they brought home great cargoes which enriched themselves and the place of their residence. Mr. Endicott's maternal grandfather, Jacob Crowninshield, was a very conspicuous man, a prominent member of Congress, and was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Jefferson, who was a close personal friend, - an honor which he declined for what seems now, in these days of steam and electricity, the very singular reason "that he could not be absent all the year from his business and family." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoir of William Crowninshield Endicott, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Memoir of William Crowninshield Endicott, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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